Estate, Probate

& Will Records for

Sonoma County

Sonoma County wills and probate records have been recorded since 1847,

and can be obtained from the Archived Records Division of the Sonoma County

Superior Court at the Sonoma County Superior Court link provided below.

 

What you need to know about Probate Records

~ History of Sonoma County, California Courthouse Records . . . Link

~ How to Use Wills and Estate Records to Learn About Your Ancestors [Article] . . . Link

~ Probate Records Could Be the Key to Unlocking Your Family’s Hidden Past [Article] . . . Link

~ Using Wills and Probate Records in Genealogy Research [Article] . . . Link

Estate & Probate Records

~ California, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1850-1953. [Ancestry]. . . Link to Search

The above page searches collections named below Includes: (Below links take you to Originals to View):

Minute Book, Vol D, 1857-1859 . . . to View

Minute Book, Probate Court, Vol E-F, 1859-1866 . . . to View

Minute Book, Probate Court, Vol G-H, 1867-1872 . . . to View

Minute Book, Probate Court, Vol I-K, 1872-1875 . . . to View
Minute Book, Probate Court, Vol L-N, 1876-1878 . . . to View
Minute Book, Probate Court, Vol N-O, 1877-1879 . . . to View

Register, Vol 1-2, 1880-1890 . . . to View

Registers, Vol 2-5, 1886-1900 . . . to View

Registers, Vol 6-7, 1900-1906 . . . to View

Registers, Vol 8-10, 1906-1913 . . . to View

Registers, Vol 11-13, 1913-1919 . . . to View

Registers, Vol 13, 1918-1919 . . . to View

Registers, Vol 14, 1919-1921 . . . to View

Minutes, Superior Court, Vol 1, 1880-1881 . . . to View

Minutes, Vol 2-4, 1881-1884 . . . to View

Minutes, Vol 4-7, 1883-1887 . . . . . to View

Minutes, Vol 7-10, 1886-1889 . . . . to View

Minutes, Vol 10-12, 1888-1890 . . . to View
Minutes, Vol 13-14, 1890-1891 . . . to View
Minutes, Vol 15-17, 1891-1893 . . . to View
Minutes, Vol 17-20, 1892-1895 . . . to View
Minutes, Vol 20-23, 1894-1901 . . . to View
Minutes, Vol 23-25, 1896-1901 . . . to View
Minutes, Vol 26-27, 1898-1901 . . . to View
Minutes, Vol 28-30, 1901-1903 . . . to View
Minutes, Vol 30-33, 1903-1905 . . . to View
Minutes, Vol 33-36, 1905-1907 . . . to View
Minutes, Vol 36-38, 1907-1908 . . . to View
Minutes, Vol 39, 1908-1909 . . . . .  to View
Minutes, Vol 40-43, 1909-1911 . . . to View
Minutes, Vol 43-46, 1911-1913 . . . to View
Minutes, Vol 46-49, 1912-1914 . . . to View
Minutes, Vol 49-52, 1914-1916 . . . to View
Minutes, Vol 53-56, 1916-1918 . . . to View

Minutes, Vol 59, 1919 . . . to View

Minutes, Vol 59-61, 1919-1920 . . . to View

Collateral Inheritance Tax Record, Vol 1-3, 1906-1908 . . . to View

Collateral Inheritance Tax Record, Vol 4, 1906-1935 . . . to View

~ Index to the Probate Court Records of Sonoma County, California, 1847-18799 (p. 1 Jan 2019) [Book $] . . . Link

~ Local Government Records at the California State Archives (microfilm or hardcopy) . . . Link

Sonoma County Records – Probate, 1857–1921*; County, Judicial and Superior Court, 1848–1906; Wills, 1852–1955*; Naturalization, 1850–1903*; Declaration Of Intention, 1891–1935. Most of the county records available at the California State Archives are microfilm copies produced by the Genealogical Society of Utah and are also available through local Church of Jesus Christ of Latter–day Saints (LDS) Family History Centers.  "*" Microfilmed records produced by the Genealogical Society of Utah available at the California State Archives and through local LDS Family History Centers.

~ Probate Records, Sonoma County, California - Index for 1847 to 1959[SonomaCountyGenSoc.] . . . Link

Name Index for 1847 to 1959, available free to the public. Members of SCGS can access the full index in the Members Only tab of this website.

~ Probate Records, Sonoma County, California, Index for 1847 to 1959.: Volume 1: A-K [Book $] . . . Link

~ Probate Records, Sonoma County, California, Index for 1847 to 1959.: Volume 2: L-Z [Book $] . . . Link

~ Probate records, 1854-1931 (Collection of smaller collections of Originals to view) [FamilySearch] . . . Link

Collateral inheritance tax record v. 1, ca. 1906-1907; v. 2, ca. 1906-1907; v. 3, ca. 1906-1908 . . . to View

Collateral inheritance tax record, v. 4. ca. 1906-1935 . . . to View

Minute book, Probate Court v. D, 1857-1859  . . . to View

Minute book, Probate Court v. E, 1859-1862 & v. F, 1862-1866 . . . to View
Minute book, Probate Court v. G, 1867-1870 & v. H, 1870-1872 . . . to View
Minute book, Probate Court v. I, 1872-1873; v. J, 1873-1874; & v. K, 1874-1875 . . . to View

Minute book, Probate Court v. L, 1876-1877; v. M, 1876-1877; & v. N, 1877-1878 . . . to View
Minute book, Probate Court v. N, 1877-1878; v. O, 1878-1879 . . . to View

Probate minutes, Superior Court v. 1, 1880-1881 . . . to View

Probate minutes, Superior Court v. 1, 1880-1881; v. 2, 1881-1882 . . . to View

Probate minutes, Superior Court v. 2, 1881-1882; v. 3, 1882-1883;  v. 4, 1883-1884 . . . to View
Probate minutes, Superior Court v. 4, 1883-1884 cont.; v. 5, 1884-1885; v. 6, 1885-1886; v. 7, 1886-1887 . . . to View
Probate minutes, Superior Court v. 7, 1886-1887 cont.; v. 8, 1887; v. 9, 1887-1888; v.10, 1888-1889 . . . to View
Probate minutes, Superior Court v.10, 1888-1889; v.11, 1889; v.12, 1889-1890 . . . to View
Probate minutes, Superior Court v.13, 1890-1891; v.14, 1891 . . . to View
Probate minutes, Superior Court v.15, 1891-1892; v.16, 1892; v.17, 1892-1893 . . . to View
Probate minutes, Superior Court v.17, 1892-1893; v.18, 1893; v.19, 1893-1894; v.20, 1894-1895 . . . to View
Probate minutes, Superior Court v.20, 1894-1895; v.21, 1895; v.22, 1895-1896; v.23, 1896-1901 . . . to View
Probate minutes, Superior Court v.23, 1896-1901; v.24, 1897-1899; v.25, 1897-1898 . . . to View
Probate minutes, Superior Court v.26, 1898-1900; v.27, 1899-1901 . . . to View
Probate minutes, Superior Court v.28, 1901-1902; v.29, 1902-1903; v.30, 1903 . . . to View
Probate minutes, Superior Court v.30, 1903; v.31, 1903-1904; v.32, 1904-1905; v.33, 1905 . . . to View
Probate minutes, Superior Court v.33, 1905; v.34, 1905-1906; v.35, 1906-1907; v.36, 1907 . . . to View
Probate minutes, Superior Court v.36, 1907; v.37, 1907-1908; v.38, 1908 . . . to View
Probate minutes, Superior Court v.39, 1908-1909 . . . to View
Probate minutes, Superior Court v.40, 1909; v.41, 1909-1910; v.42, 1910-1911; v.43, 1911 . . . to View
Probate minutes, Superior Court v.43, 1911; v.44, 1911-1912; v.45, 1912; v.46, 1912-1913 . . . to View
Probate minutes, Superior Court v.46, 1912-1913; v.47, 1913; v.48, 1913-1914; v.49, 1914 . . . to View
Probate minutes, Superior Court v.49, 1914; v.50, 1914-1915; v.51, 1915-1916; v.52, 1915-1916 . . . to View
Probate minutes, Superior Court v.53, 1916; v.54, 1916-1917; v.55, 1917; v.56, 1917-1918 . . . to View
Probate minutes, Superior Court v.56, 1917-1918; v.57, 1918; v.58, 1918-1919 . . . to View
Probate minutes, Superior Court v.59, 1919 . . . to View
Probate minutes, Superior Court v.59, 1919; v.60, 1919; v.61, 1919-1920 . . . to View

Probate register, v. 1, 1880-1886; & v. 2, 1886-1890 . . . to View

Probate registers, v. 2, 1886-1890; v. 3, 1890-1893; v. 4, 1893-1897; v. 5, 1897-1900 . . . to View
Probate registers, v. 6, 1900-1903; v. 7, 1903-1906 . . . to View
Probate registers, v. 8, 1906-1908; v. 9, 1908-1911; v.10, 1911-1913 . . . to View
Probate registers, v.11, 1913-1916; v.12, 1916-1918; v.13, 1918-1919 . . . to View
Probate registers, v.13, 1918-1919 cont. from page 260 . . . to View
Probate registers, v.14 . . . to View

~ Sonoma County Probate Court records, 1854-1952 (in-person archive only) [Sonoma County Library] . . . Link

~ Sonoma County Superior Court: Probate Division . . . Link

~ Sonoma County Superior Court: To Obtain a Record . . . Link

Wills

~ California, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1850-1953. [Ancestry] . . . Link to Search

Sonoma County Search Includes (Below links take you to Originals to View):

Index to Wills, Vol 1, 1852-1955 . . . to View

Record of Wills, Vol A-C, 1854-1884 . . . to View

Record of Wills, Vol C, 1877-1884 . . . to View

Record of Wills, Vol D-F, 1884-1897 . . . to View

Record of Wills, Vol F-J, 1892-1912 . . . to View

Record of Wills, Vol J-L, 1906-1922. . . to View

~ Index and abstract of wills, Sonoma County, California, 1850-1900 [FamilySearch] . . . Link . .  . Originals 

~ Probate records, 1854-1931 (Collection of smaller collections of Originals to view) [FamilySearch] . . . Link

Index to wills, v. 1, 1852-1955 . . . to View

Record of wills, v. A, 1854-1868; v. B; v. C, 1877-1884 . . . to View
Record of wills, v. c, 1877-1884 . . . to View
Record of wills, v. D, 1884-1888; v. E, 1888-1892; v. F, 1892-1897 . . . to View
Record of wills, v. F, 1892-1897; v. G, 1897-1903; v. H, 1900-1902;v. I, 1903-1906; v. J, 1906-1912 . . . to View
Record of wills, v. J, 1906-1912; v. K, 1912-1918; v. L, 1918-1922 . . . to View

This would be great but do not know how to locate it:

from Library: Inventory of Records, 1847-1980, Office of the Clerk, Sonoma County, California . . . Link